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MWellA online community promotes awareness on mental disorders

Mental health is a hot button issue in today's society. People worry about the safety, cost, and multiple side-effects of anti-depressants and other psychoactive medications. Everyone wants to find peace of mind, contentment and happiness, but for many this struggle can prove overwhelming. Author and world organic food movement pioneer Paul Huljich addresses this issue in a Ning community he created for his organization MWellA (Mind Wellness Awareness)

24 Aug 2010

DataSource Mobility receives Panasonic Healthcare Reseller of the Year Award

DataSource Mobility is proud to announce that they have received the Panasonic Healthcare Reseller of the Year Award. The presentation took place August 11, 2010 at the Panasonic Solutions Company Partner Summit 2010 in Phoenix, AZ.

From PHC Europe B.V. 24 Aug 2010

Amerinet helps Wenatchee Valley Medical Center increase contract maximization by 30 to 50%

Wenatchee Valley Medical Center recently completed its third Amerinet Savings Roadmap which has helped the facility remove an average of 6 to 12 percent of supply chain expenses annually from its contract spend.

24 Aug 2010

Emerson Ecologics announces new affiliation with PGI to provide optimal patient care

Emerson Ecologics, LLC, the leading provider of professional-grade nutritional supplements to the healthcare practitioner market, announces a new relationship with the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing of Minneapolis, MN.

24 Aug 2010

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher receives L'Oreal Fellowship for breast cancer research

A desire to understand how breast cancer starts has seen Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher Dr Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat today win one of three 2010 L'Oreal Australia For Women in Science Fellowships.

24 Aug 2010

University of Melbourne and Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute adopt BioEYES outreach program

Baltimore, MD-The innovative, educational, outreach program BioEYES has now been adopted by the University of Melbourne and the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute. The down-under partnership program debuts this August. BioEYES is designed to foster an interest in and a love for science in elementary, middle, and high school students. Over the course of one week, students watch the transparent zebrafish, Danio rerio, grow from a single-celled zygote to a larval fish complete with a beating heart.

24 Aug 2010

MHCC and PHS Community Services Society open Bosman Hotel Community in Vancouver

In a major step forward in addressing the needs of homeless people in Vancouver who are living with mental illness, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) and the PHS Community Services Society today officially opened the Bosman Hotel Community, providing stable housing and support to 100 residents.

24 Aug 2010

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International presents new PRISCUS List

In the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107[31-32]: 543-51), Stephanie Holt, a clinical pharmacologist, and coauthors present the PRISCUS List: a list of medications that carry an increased risk of side effects when given to elderly patients.

24 Aug 2010

Pressure BioSciences collaborates with LBNL to analyze microbe for oil spill clean-up

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. today announced a collaboration with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ("LBNL"). Scientists at LBNL are using the Company's pressure cycling technology ("PCT") platform in studies aimed at improving the analysis of microorganisms in environments with low biomass, such as oil reservoirs or deep sea oil plumes from oil spills.

24 Aug 2010

Men who get genital piercings not strange or aberrant: Study

A new study by researchers at Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center found that the average man with a genital piercing is 31, white, heterosexual, college-educated and earns more than $36,000 a year.

24 Aug 2010

Asian-Americans subgroups lack data on cardiovascular disease

Asians are the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the U.S., but data on cardiovascular disease is lacking. There are marked differences in heart disease risk and occurrence among Asian-American subgroups, but data on these subgroups is limited, prompting the American Heart Association to call for more research on this fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the U.S., according to a scientific statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

24 Aug 2010

Researchers launch space travel study with $1.2M NASA grant

The final frontier may be no further than Manhattan, Kan., as a team of Kansas State University researchers launches a project funded by a $1.2 million grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

24 Aug 2010

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to drive consumption of health care services

While financial uncertainties drove many Americans to rein in their consumption of health care services during the recession, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will remove patient out-of-pocket costs for preventive care services under many plans beginning in 2011 and drive an increase in the use of these services, according to Towers Watson (NYSE, NASDAQ: TW), a global professional services company.

24 Aug 2010

Department of Health to hold vaccination drive for whooping cough

With some areas of the state seeing an increase in whooping cough, known medically as pertussis, the Department of Health urges all Pennsylvanians to ensure they are protected against the vaccine-preventable disease.The department will soon hold public vaccination clinics in York and Delaware counties, where cases of pertussis have been rising.

24 Aug 2010

'Pre-vascularization' of device prior to implantation sustains circulation and suppresses scar formation

By creating a unique system of blood vessels that is engineered to interact with the tissue surrounding an implanted device, the longevity and function of these devices may be better preserved, according to a study led by researchers in the University of Louisville/ Jewish Hospital's Cardiovascular Innovation Institute (CII).

24 Aug 2010

Professional Data Systems to manage Lenox Hill Radiology's IT department

Professional Data Systems, Inc. (PDS) and Lenox Hill Radiology announced today that they have developed a partnership in which PDS will assume the management of Lenox Hill's information technology department. Lenox Hill, one of Manhattan's leading providers of radiology services, chose PDS based upon their solid reputation, successful customer service record, and overall performance as NY/NJ/CT's preferred medical IT company.

24 Aug 2010

NCO Financial Investigative Services joins Medical Group Management Association as AdminiServe Partner

NCO Financial Investigative Services is pleased to become a Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) AdminiServe Partner. MGMA is the nation's principal voice for medical group practices and has over 21,500 members.

24 Aug 2010

Global eHIE system to provide medication histories to Inova Alexandria physicians

When the Northern Virginia Regional Health Information Organization (NoVaRHIO) goes live with its first major step towards an full scale interoperable eHealth Information Exchange (eHIE) connecting patients and physicians across the region, it will leverage GE Healthcare as a key infrastructure partner.

24 Aug 2010

UCLA study estimates number of California residents who lost health insurance during economic downturn

A new fact sheet from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research provides detailed county-by-county estimates of the number of California residents who have lost health insurance during the economic downturn.

24 Aug 2010

Gold Standard/Elsevier launches consumer medication information in 12 foreign languages

Gold Standard/Elsevier, a leading developer of drug information and medication management solutions, announced today the launch of MEDcounselor Languages, a module that provides trusted MEDcounselor consumer medication information in 12 foreign languages. The new MEDcounselor Languages will enable healthcare providers to help non-English speaking patients better understand their drug therapy, take their medications safely, and avoid potentially harmful errors.

24 Aug 2010

Medical News

MWellA online community promotes awareness on mental disorders

DataSource Mobility receives Panasonic Healthcare Reseller of the Year Award

Amerinet helps Wenatchee Valley Medical Center increase contract maximization by 30 to 50%

Emerson Ecologics announces new affiliation with PGI to provide optimal patient care

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher receives L'Oreal Fellowship for breast cancer research

University of Melbourne and Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute adopt BioEYES outreach program

MHCC and PHS Community Services Society open Bosman Hotel Community in Vancouver

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International presents new PRISCUS List

Pressure BioSciences collaborates with LBNL to analyze microbe for oil spill clean-up

Men who get genital piercings not strange or aberrant: Study

Asian-Americans subgroups lack data on cardiovascular disease

Researchers launch space travel study with $1.2M NASA grant

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to drive consumption of health care services

Department of Health to hold vaccination drive for whooping cough

'Pre-vascularization' of device prior to implantation sustains circulation and suppresses scar formation

Professional Data Systems to manage Lenox Hill Radiology's IT department

NCO Financial Investigative Services joins Medical Group Management Association as AdminiServe Partner

Global eHIE system to provide medication histories to Inova Alexandria physicians

UCLA study estimates number of California residents who lost health insurance during economic downturn

Gold Standard/Elsevier launches consumer medication information in 12 foreign languages

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

How cohesin mechanics and nanotracker tech are redefining DNA research

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